A History of Australia: The earth abideth for ever, 1851-1888Melbourne University Press, 1963 - Australia |
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... passions civilization must give way to a barbarism in which the life of man descended to the level of the goats and monkeys became alarmed . William a'Beckett , chief justice of Victoria , believed the time had come for him as a ...
... passions civilization must give way to a barbarism in which the life of man descended to the level of the goats and monkeys became alarmed . William a'Beckett , chief justice of Victoria , believed the time had come for him as a ...
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... passion- storm ' in the heart of a man . For men were corrupted and besmirched and degraded by the world . It was woman's divine task to calm man's passion and strengthen his resolve to fight against falsehood and wrong . Woman was the ...
... passion- storm ' in the heart of a man . For men were corrupted and besmirched and degraded by the world . It was woman's divine task to calm man's passion and strengthen his resolve to fight against falsehood and wrong . Woman was the ...
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... passions of the participants . Those men of the people who spent their time throwing saucepans of hot water over their lovers , or beating their wives and punching their faces with their fists , or being drunk and incapable of taking ...
... passions of the participants . Those men of the people who spent their time throwing saucepans of hot water over their lovers , or beating their wives and punching their faces with their fists , or being drunk and incapable of taking ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE MAN | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 45 |
Copyright | |
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